South Korea’s Parliament has impeached their first ever female leader, President Park Geun-hye today, 9th December.
The vote against Ms. Park, the nation’s first female leader, followed weeks of damaging disclosures in a corruption scandal that has all but paralyzed the government and produced the largest street protests in the nation’s history. Her powers are suspended while the Constitutional Court considers whether to remove her from office.
Ms. Park suggested that she intended to fight her impeachment, telling cabinet members hours later that she would “calmly” prepare for the court trial and giving no hint that she would resign.
“I am gravely accepting the voices of the people and the National Assembly, and I sincerely hope that the confusion will come to a satisfactory end,” she said at the presidential Blue House in a meeting broadcast on national television.
Ms. Park has been accused of allowing a shadowy confidante, the daughter of a religious sect leader, to exercise remarkable influence on matters ranging from choosing top government officials to her wardrobe, and of helping her extort tens of millions of dollars from South Korean companies. The scandal, which gained national attention less than two months ago, has cast a harsh light on collusion between the presidency and big business in one of Asia’s most dynamic economies.
Thousands of people who had gathered outside the Parliament building in the frigid cold danced, cheered and blew on horns when the news was announced.
Why can’t the Nigeria parliament just toughen up for once in this lifetime and tow this line too?!
This is a true democracy unlike the twisted version we practice here.
A true democracy indeed, yes a democracy that never gives a female leaders the same standard they give the male, yes a double standard democracy, may I add, an inequality democracy…
When female leaders take the same decisions most male leaders took and were never impeached, they get impeached. It’s a pity women allowed themselves be bullied by men. I’m not supporting corruption but I believe what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, why should women pay an hefty price for the same crime men committed and get scot-free.
One thing I appreciate about Park Geun-hye is she never tried to cover any crime, she apologized, she even beg the parliament to impeached her, when the protest was getting too much. One thing is certain, that some cabals who she has hinder their malpractice in the country are behind these, and making a mountain out of the mole hill…
#GodBlessOurMothers…